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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Carolan on Mercury

Carolan

Feature Name	Carolan
Clean Name	Carolan
Feature ID	15321
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	84.16 °
Southernmost Latitude	83.59 °
Easternmost Longitude	325.55 °
Westernmost Longitude	330.91 °
Diameter	24.34 km
Center Latitude	83.88 °
Center Longitude	328.23 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((30.26827185351214 83.64789497465171, 29.94887391607304 83.67626855293047, 29.66994443957149 83.7094377983742, 29.43845149908335 83.74665859738036, 29.26058713142909 83.78708292196391, 29.14158488371572 83.82977317560756, 29.08552606566792 83.87371943682325, 29.09514189244094 83.91785976802009, 29.17162234509909 83.96110362928056, 29.3144462010633 84.00235824226293, 29.52124971118686 84.04055748934996, 29.78775306651841 84.07469262018803, 30.10776329082181 84.10384370004994, 30.47326883943061 84.12721041611533, 30.87463470076738 84.1441406147954, 31.3008975359735 84.15415483429325, 31.74014945487662 84.15696516916461, 32.17998815946161 84.15248707921428, 32.60800243044929 84.14084321819475, 33.01225709867891 84.12235895404677, 33.38174178206041 84.09754989765038, 33.70675274743792 84.06710235587876, 33.97918616717621 84.03184809290508, 34.19273194364619 83.99273506649575, 34.3429681340344 83.95079588742101, 34.42736510778043 83.90711565062706, 34.44521485350063 83.86280055268975, 34.39750401217613 83.81894839857775, 34.28674955994388 83.77662176678338, 34.1168142876408 83.73682428868878, 33.8927161423746 83.70048023356492, 33.6204418584068 83.66841738787774, 33.30677168411866 83.64135307804675, 32.95911877542954 83.61988310334291, 32.58538415515449 83.60447331040665, 32.19382607607102 83.59545354221576, 31.79294113140846 83.5930137224267, 31.39135344927416 83.59720188277093, 30.99770770145546 83.60792400033495, 30.62056138430657 83.62494557834341, 30.26827185351214 83.64789497465171))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Ireland
Quad	H-01 [pdf]
Reference	[359] - Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper, by Donal O’Sullivan (Author): Ossian Publishing, Inc, 2001.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 30, 2015
Origin	Turlough; Alternate spelling O’Carolan; Irish composer and performer (1670-1738).
Last Updated	Apr 30, 2015 10:36 AM

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